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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2007
Benjamin Kimia, Providence, RI (US);
Raul A. Brauner, Framingham, MA (US);
John Heymach, Pearland, TX (US);
Jesse Funaro, Providence, RI (US);
Benjamin Kimia, Providence, RI (US);
Raul A. Brauner, Framingham, MA (US);
John Heymach, Pearland, TX (US);
Jesse Funaro, Providence, RI (US);
Bio-Tree Systems, Inc., Framingham, MA (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, a method of obtaining micro-vessel density (MVD) measurements from an image of biological vasculature containing a plurality of vessels is provided. The method comprises acts of analyzing a region of interest of the image for each of a plurality of bins, each of the plurality of bins associated with a predetermined range of vessel sizes, the act of analyzing the region of interest including determining which of the plurality of bins that portions of any vessel subject matter identified in the region of interest belong based on a size associated with the respective portions of the vessel subject matter, and associating each portion of the vessel subject matter with the corresponding one of the plurality of bins to which the portion belongs, and computing at least one measurement for each of the plurality of bins, the at least one measurement related to the MVD of the portions of vessel subject matter associated with the respective bin.